Captain Surfs

While many believe that The Captain was been born at sea, ".... I remember this one day fishing out at the buoy and seeing what I thought was a torpedo baby flying through the water, but just guessed it was all the rum I had consumed since the fish weren't biting" Capt. Skeets McGee reckons while sipping a Zombie at the local watering hole. It is said that he was discovered by a small family that was vacationing and found this "torpedo" washed up on the beach just as they were heading to the airport to go home. Once they arrived home they noticed something very different about this torpedo boy they had found so they quickly abandoned him at the doorstep of a missile silo somewhere northwest of area 51.

full biography

Who the Heck is The Captain

Who is the Captain and where
did he come from you ask?

While many believe that The
Captain was been born at sea, ".... I remember this one day
fishing out at the buoy and seeing what I thought was a torpedo baby flying
through the water, but just guessed it was all the rum I had consumed since the
fish weren't biting" Capt. Skeets McGee reckons while sipping a
Zombie at the local watering hole. It is said that he was discovered by a
small family that was vacationing and found this "torpedo" washed up
on the beach just as they were heading to the airport to go home. Once they
arrived home they noticed something very different about this torpedo boy they
had found so they quickly abandoned him at the doorstep of a missile silo somewhere
northwest of area 51.

The Captain was then raised by
an adorable family of aliens who aptly named him "Captain" as they
figured he must have been some high ranking alien to land directly on their
very secretive doorstep, "Well on that day, we were just enjoying
a nice game of human chess when we heard the doorbell ring (we didn't even know
we had a doorbell!) and right there was the most beautiful alien we had ever
seen and when you looked into his eyes, you could tell he was the
Captain.........years later, we still have no idea what he could possibly be a
captain of though....." The Captain's Anonymous Alien Father
writes in his tell all book "Why Am I not Famous, I am an Alien!"

Once his teeth got sharpened
from eating discarded parts from UFO's that did not exist, he was cast into the
desert with only a Velzy 422 surfboard (which the aliens originally though may
be a discarded spaceship), a pair of roller skates with steel wheels, a pair of
wayfarer sunglasses, a bitchin Hawaiian print shirt, a pair of Birdwells and a
stringless ukulele.

While some would find solice in descending into fetal position until border
patrol came to pick them up and feed them burritos and churros, The Captain saw
this as his first adventure in what would become a string of life changing
events spanning around the globe and possible the universe if you speak to him
on the right day.

Through the years The Captain could be found gracing the stage behind Mick and
the stones, dropping into third reef pipe on hand shaped finless wood planks,
skateboarding through the dirt streets of Cambodia all the while handshaping
the finest surf craft, skateboards, and toothpicks. Lucky for the galactic
colonies, he now resides on the seven mile miracle of the North Shore of Oahu
farming facial hair and on special days we find him behind the hand planes
covered in dust and nougat making odd new creations for you to enjoi!

The Captain Surfs is your direct source for obtaining one of a
kind hand shaped surfboards, hand planes, skateboards, fine reclaimed wood art
and what ever else The Captain has dreamt up that week. Take a look around,
stay a while, bookmark us as we are constantly changing and everything is just
one of a kind. Share us with your friends and The Captain will flash you a big
smile! Aloha Nui Loa!

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